INSECT MOUNTING AND PRESERVING

Duration: 14 min

Year Published: 1961

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: Sound

Description: Shows a variety of methods for preserving and mounting insects. Methods illustrated include: direct preserving in alcohol, boiling and preserving in alcohol, field preservation of winged forms, intermediate preservation in triangles, spreading winged forms, paper-layered can preservation, pinning various kinds of insects, use of minuten pins for small insects, paper points, preparing tiny forms for preservation in clove oil or as microscope slides. Shows the most simplified equipment needed in each case and gives step-by-step directions.

Complete Record: Source: Dowling Interest level: jh-sh-c Guide: Guide Price: $135 Format: sd color Catalog numbers: EFLA evaluation card No. 4720

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)